eBay

classicmarlene · ‎03-31-2025

I recently sold an item and immediately after payment was sent I received an email that requested the delivery address be changed as it was a gift.

Foolishly I changed the address and it was a scam. I know that I will have to send the refund. When I looked back at the fraudulent email it stated that user is no longer registered.

I sent a request to ebay to look into the matter. I am curious if the buyer or myself was hacked?

Has anyone else had a similar situation?

12345jamesstamps · ‎03-31-2025

I see no sold or bought items on this account lately ...like everything erased.

Maybe I can't see it.

kensgiftshop · ‎04-01-2025

No, no one was hacked and this has been going on for years.

Scammers watch for items to sell and when they do, they send the seller a message claiming to be the buyer and needing the address changed.

Not much Ebay will do but close the scammers account, then they just open a new one.

Have a great day.

itsjustasprain · ‎04-01-2025

@classicmarlene wrote:
I recently sold an item and immediately after payment was sent I received an email that requested the delivery address be changed as it was a gift.
Foolishly I changed the address and it was a scam. I know that I will have to send the refund.

@classicmarlene : Has the package been delivered yet? If not you might still be able to have it intercepted and returned.

https://www.usps.com/manage/package-intercept.htm

luckythewinner · ‎04-01-2025

I am curious if the buyer or myself was hacked?

Anyone on eBay can go to a sold item and then use the "Contact the seller" link to send a message to the seller.

You were not hacked. You were just tricked into ignoring eBay's warning that you should only ship to the address supplied by eBay.

The buyer account may or may not have been hacked, but that is not really relevant. Someone tricked you into going against eBay's advice, and whether they did it from a hacked account or not does not really matter.

Has anyone else had a similar situation?

It is a known scam that has been used for decades.